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Leadership Myth 5: Leaders Must be Fearless and Never Show Weakness
Vulnerability is often associated with weakness, however, in leadership and with teams it is a strength, contributing to trust and relationship building.
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Worldview Intelligence Resources To Grow Team Cohesion
All of our work involves working with or being part of teams, no matter what we are up to. It can be as simple as Kathy and Jerry as a team. We’ve been part of and led hosting teams. We always work with client based Planning Teams and we help teams work together better in
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Disruptive for Sure… But How Liberating Could AI Also Be?
Artificial Intelligence or AI. It’s been impacting our work and lives for decades now without us paying too much attention. Recently, though, the topic has taken on a whole new life force. This is, in part, due to the wide spread accessibility of programs like ChatGPT, BingChat and Bard. Reports have been surfacing of application
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You Can’t Policy Relationships
A close friend recently shared about the ongoing tumult in their organization. It is a large organization with many departments and layers of bureaucracy. They have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on consulting support and have recently fired two high priced consultants. The results weren’t there. In the face of conflicts amongst employees in
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The Rapid Expansion of Artificial Intelligence into the Public Domain is About to Disrupt How We Live and Work in Unprecedented Ways. Are We Ready? Are You Ready?
A Worldview Intelligence Conversation Series on AI: Join us for an exploration of the impact of AI on our Global, Professional, and Personal Worldviews This new generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the most disruptive of any witnessed in our generation. Surpassing the evolution of the Internet and social media. More accessible than other disruptive
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Writing People Off or Finding Solidarity Across Difference?
In the prologue to his book, The Persuaders, Anand Giridharadas, writes about the war on persuasion. He says that we have been conditioned to write “other people off – assuming they (will) never change their minds or ways, dismissing them as hopelessly mired in identities they (can’t) escape, viewing those who (think) differently as needing
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A Tale of Two Companies: Two Different Approaches to Employee Recognition and Support
Where will people choose to work now and in the future? In companies where trust is high and relationships matter; where they are recognized, valued and respected. It is interesting to consider what kind of recognition helps an employee feel valued. This is a tale of two similar sized companies (more than 2500 employees) although
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The Catastrophe and Wonder of a Broken Granola Bar – Through the Eyes of a Four-Year Old
You might think this is a picture of a granola bar, ready to be eaten – and you wouldn’t be wrong. But suspend your thinking for just one moment and see this through the eyes of a four-year-old who has just figured out how to open the packaging. Through his eyes, this is a picture
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The Practical Format and Transformative Power of the 4-Day Worldview Intelligence Practitioner’s Training
Whatever is next, there was a before and there is an after and the Worldview Intelligence evolution will continue to be influenced by what happened in Paris.
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Worldview Intelligence in Its Most Basic Form
We were recently asked, “If you knew nothing about Worldview Intelligence, in its most basic form, what does it look like in practice?” There are five basic practices you can draw on to short-circuit automatic reactions to respond better.
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There Are No Perfect Systems
There are no perfect systems. Maybe there never have been. Maybe there never will be. We can bring all our individual and collective wisdom to redesigning systems and we will still encounter unintended consequences, although there will be fewer when we think in terms of systems. If a perfect system is a fantasy, what are we left with? And, what does Worldview Intelligence have to offer?
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Political Party Diversity of Candidates ≠ Diverse Representation. Here’s Why.
Political parties in Canada have been working hard to ensure diverse slates of candidates across the country and this was demonstrated in the 2015 and 2019 federal elections. However, on election day, the results were far less diverse than the slate of candidates, according to an August 2021 CBC data analysis. Identifying diverse candidates is
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Five Principles of Worldview Intelligence
Worldview Intelligence is rooted in social constructionism and relational leadership. Our worldviews are socially created through relationships, experiences and conversation. The leadership that allows us to work best with worldviews is relational. Relationship matters and must be tended to in our organizations, communities and families for learning, growth and success. (In our High-Performance Teams Model,
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The Worldview Intelligence Six Dimension Framework
The Worldview Intelligence Six Dimensions Framework is a game changer and a powerful way of understanding worldviews and worldview differences.
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Worldviews: What They Are and Why They Matter
Developing competency in Worldview Intelligence and the skill to work with worldviews in all domains can be a game changer and, for an organization, a competitive advantage.
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Charting a Path to Bridge Divides (Part 3 of 3)
We have imagined we could say, “I won’t ask anything of you that I won’t ask of myself.” Which sounds noble. But sitting with it, it is simply not true. I want to ask more of you than I ask of myself. Because no matter what we say, we are deeply attached to our worldviews and especially the ones we consider to be at the heart of our moral certainty.
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The Divides that Need Bridging (Part 2 of 3)
There is an additional complicating factor here. On November 6, 2020, historian and public commentator Heather Cox Richardson wrote that the divide in America is not about principles and values. Rather it is between people who live in a reality-based world and people who live in a fictional world. This fictional world has been created by generations of right-wing media beginning with Rush Limbaugh in the late 80’s. This divide is part of the reason it can be so challenging to see a way forward.
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Unhealthy to Strategic Workplace Culture: The Business Case
Relationships in unhealthy workplace cultures are often strained and trust is lacking. People compete for time, resources and recognition, rather than collaborate with each other. When relationships are challenged, time is wasted in work-arounds for communication, relationship and achieving results. This is also draining for individuals working in these circumstances. Feelings of exhaustion, frustration and more are communicated in more than just words; they are communicated through the unspoken mechanism of culture that include the “vibe” of the workplace. Lack of alignment with company, division, department or team vision, mission and goals means achieving results takes longer and they can be compromised, all of which are Changeable Conditions.
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Why a Healthy Workplace Culture Is a Strategic Investment
Strategic choices about the workplace and embracing a diversity of worldviews can begin at any time and is a gamechanger when it comes to recruitment and retention.
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What is Workplace Culture and Why Does it Matter?
Workplace culture is the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that characterize an organization and shape the work environment. It encompasses the norms, traditions, and unwritten rules that guide interactions among employees, as well as the organization’s overall identity and ethos. It is the alignment, or lack thereof, between what leaders say and what they
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Addressing Leadership Myths
There are several ways to debunk leadership myths. By promoting any or all of these strategies, your organization can challenge the various leadership myths to be able to foster more inclusive, adaptable, and effective approaches to leadership that consider the complexity and diversity of leadership contexts, ensuring your workplace culture supports and advances an effective leadership culture.
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Leadership Myth 6: There is One Best Style or Methodology of Leadership
There is no single “best way” to lead. This belief, though attractive for its simplicity, fails to account for the complex, dynamic nature of human organizations and the diverse challenges they face. Leadership is not a one-size-fits-all phenomenon; rather, it is a multifaceted practice that requires flexibility, adaptability, and a nuanced understanding of context.
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